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Olympic chiefs have got it badly wrong over Heraskevych ban and owe him an apology

As athletes we try to focus on our event and the task at hand, but our lives do not take place in a vacuum

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics 2026: Weston ends GB drought, Heraskevych’s appeal rejected by Cas – as it happened

Matt Weston wins gold for Great Britain in the men’s skeleton and Ilia Malinin finishes in a shock eighth place in the men’s figure skating final

The Guardian - UK

Winter Olympics briefing: Heraskevych’s helmet dispute raises tough questions

The controversy over the IOC’s decision to bar the Ukrainian from competing has cast a long shadow over the Games

The Guardian - UK

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Zelensky slams Olympics officials after Ukrainian disqualified over war memorial helmet

Volodymyr Zelensky pushed back on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) decision to disqualify Ukrainian athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from competing in the Winter Olympics.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war briefing: Rubio to meet Zelenskyy in Munich as Russian strikes leave thousands without power

US secretary of state says ahead of Munich Security Conference appearance that ‘we live in a new era of geopolitics’; Ukrainian cities pounded in latest attacks. What we know on day 1,451

The Guardian - AU

Olympian claims he was discriminated against after personal tribute led to a disqualification 45 minutes before his event

He just wanted to pay tribute to athletes who lost their lives in the Russia-Ukraine War.

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Ukrainian Star Rips IOC in Scathing Post After Getting Disqualified at Olympics

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton athlete for Team Ukraine, was disqualified after refusing to change helmets at the Milan Cortina Games.

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Ukrainian appeals disqualification after Winter Olympics helmet dispute

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Winter Olympics after his helmet, featuring images of people killed in the conflict with Russia, was deemed to violate rules against making statements in the field of play.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian athlete lodges appeal over Olympic disqualification after helmet row

Heraskevych was ruled out of competing at the Olympics before the skeleton competition began on Thursday

The Independent UK

Ukrainian Lugers Kneel in Protest Hours After Teammate Is Disqualified Over Helmet

Skeleton slider Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified for refusing to change his helmet from one that features the faces of athletes and coaches killed in Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

Sports Illustrated

Creator of Ukrainian Olympics helmet speaks out on Vladyslav Heraskevych’s ban

Working from photographs of the fallen athletes and coaches, she said the emotional weight of the task was immediate

The Independent UK

Heraskevych’s ‘helmet of memory’ forces IOC on to PR back foot at Winter Olympics

Skeleton racer sacrificed his dream of winning a medal and succeeded in putting the horrors of the war in Ukraine back on the agenda

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainian athlete tests the Olympic rules on free speech - and gets disqualified

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych pushed at the limits of the International Olympic Committee’s rules on freedom of expression, and the global sports body pushed back

The Independent UK

Tearful IOC president speaks out after disqualifying Ukrainian Olympian over helmet

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) president issued an emotional statement after a Ukrainian Olympian who wore a helmet honouring war dead was disqualified from competing.

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Who is Kirsty Coventry? The tearful IOC president at centre of Ukraine athlete helmet ban

Kirsty Coventry was appointed president of the IOC last year. Her organisation have banned a Ukrainian athlete over his helmet which paid tribute to those lost in the Russia war

Radio France Internationale

'Madness': Ukrainians furious over Olympian ban for memorial helmet

Ukrainians were outraged Thursday by a decision from the International Olympic Committee to disqualify their skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych from the Winter Olympics over his helmet honouring killed athletes.

The Independent UK

Winter Olympics recap: Brignone completes dramatic comeback and Ukrainian athlete excluded

It's a day marked by a comeback and controversy at the Milan Cortina Olympics

The Independent UK

The IOC is deluded – removing politics from the Olympics is now impossible

The IOC has tied itself in knots to keep politics out of the Winter Olympics, but it is a battle it will never win

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The Guardian - UK

Team GB’s Matt Weston leads golden charge as skeleton rivals unite behind banned Ukrainian

Britain’s Matt Weston is poised for the podium after setting the pace in the opening two runs of the men’s skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics

The Independent UK

Winter Olympic ban of war victim helmet a win for Russian propaganda, says Ukrainian skeleton star

Heraskevych was disqualified for insisting on wearing the helmet, despite meeting with IOC president Kirsty Coventry

The Independent UK

Disqualified Ukrainian Olympian speaks out after helmet honouring war dead banned

A Ukrainian Olympian who wore a helmet honouring war dead has spoken out after he was disqualified from competing.

Sports Illustrated

Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych Writes New Chapter in the Olympic Protest Tradition

The Ukrainian flag bearer’s disqualification from skeleton over a helmet featuring athletes killed in the war with Russia is yet another example of how politics and the Olympics cannot be separated.

The Independent UK

Ukrainian star says Olympic ban for wearing war tribute helmet is a ‘terrible mistake’

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The Independent UK

Why was a Ukrainian skeleton racer banned from the Winter Olympics? War tribute helmet controversy explained

IOC president Kirsty Coventry insisted the organistation had no option but to enforce its rules on messaging during competition after banning Ukraine’s Vladyslav Heraskevych

Euronews

Ukrainian Olympian disqualified for helmet honouring war-fallen athletes

Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said, “This is price of our dignity” as he left the Olympics before his first run.

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